Michigan

Xbox stolen from Flushing home

FLUSHING, Michigan — At 4:15 p.m. Nov. 19, a 49-year-old man living on Sunnyside Drive near Bellewood Drive reported that an Xbox, controller and some games were stolen from his home.

The man told police he believes the equipment and games were taken from his unlocked home Nov. 14 or 15.

The missing items are valued at $300.

Nothing stolen during home invasion
On Nov. 21, a woman living on Main Street near Boman Street reported that a window in her house had been pried open but that nothing inside the home was disturbed.

Police took the report at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 21, but the woman noticed the window had been pried open after she returned from an outing at 8 p.m. Nov. 13.

FLUSHING TOWNSHP
Men caught selling rented video games
At 11:40 p.m. Nov. 20, police questioned two men about selling $3,000 worth of video games they rented from a Flushing store.

The police talked to the 25-year-old and 28-year-old Flushing Township men at their home on Morrish Road near Francis Road and learned they had sold the games to businesses in Flint Township that buy used games.

The Genesee County Sheriff's Department or the state police will continue the investigation.

Woman reports driveway vandalism
A 41-year-old woman living on Seymour Road near Carpenter Road reported to police that someone spray-painted vulgar words about one of her family members on her driveway.

Her blood-alcohol level was 0.14. Her car was impounded, and she was lodged at the Genesee County Jail.

Police discovered that her passenger, a 30-year-old Flint man, had four outstanding misdemeanor warrants. He was advised of the warrants and was driven home because the jail was full.

Car window broken, nothing stolen
At 3:57 a.m. Nov. 21, a man visiting a home at Elms and Carpenter roads reported to police that someone broke his car's rear window.

The 22-year-old Flushing man said nothing was taken from the car.

Digital camera taken from vehicle
At 1:45 p.m. Nov. 21, a 46-year-old man living on Armstrong Avenue near Borman Avenue reported that his digital camera had been taken from his vehicle.

The man said his vehicle was unlocked and that it looked like someone had rummaged through it.

Neighborhood plagued by vehicle break-ins
At 3:25 p.m. Monday, police took two reports from separate homeowners living on Borman Avenue near Armstrong Avenue who said their vehicles were entered but that nothing was taken.

A 27-year-old man and another whose age is unknown made the reports.

Police are urging residents in the area to lock their vehicles since it was the third report in the same neighborhood.

SWARTZ CREEK
Driver tells police he was drinking at airport
A drunken driver pulled over by police Nov. 14 blamed his state on a stop at the airport bar before his flight to Flint.

The officer smelled alcohol coming from the vehicle, and the driver said he had a couple of drinks in a Detroit airport an hour earlier before his flight to Bishop Airport in Flint Township. He had a blood-alcohol level of 0.13. He had one previous drunken driving conviction in March.

His vehicle was impounded, and he was charged with speeding and operating while intoxicated. He was lodged at the Genesee County Jail.